LA&PS announces winners of 2019 Dean’s Award for Research Excellence

  The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) is celebrating the second year of the Dean’s Award for Research Excellence (DARE), a program that provides undergraduate students the opportunity to engage in research directly supervised by professors. This year, 40 student researchers received the DARE award, which includes $5,000 in funding to work […]

Innovative, pan-University capstone classroom launches in September

  A new, full-year capstone course is being pilot tested this fall at York University. C4: The Cross-Campus Capstone Classroom brings together third- and fourth-year students from different faculties into multidisciplinary teams focused on solving pressing, real-world challenges posed by organizations operating in both the for-profit and not-for-profit worlds. C4 partners include the Yonge Street Mission, […]

Early Alert pilot project a success in supporting students

A pilot project implemented across York University is paving the way for increased student success by identifying students who may need extra support early in the semester. Called the Early Alert Retention Program, the initiative launched in September 2018 in response to a request from the York University Retention Council, a group that seeks to […]

York University shares research on gender-based violence against refugee youth

  Research findings out of York University from a review on gender-based violence against refugee youth was presented during a roundtable discussion on May 30 to inform community program and service development. “Roundtable: Gender-Based Violence in Refugee Youth:Toward Trauma-Informed Practice” was organized by Nazilla Khanlou, Women’s Health Research Chair in Mental Health and associate professor, […]

J.J. McMurtry receives national award for co-operative research and education

  J.J. McMurtry, interim dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies at York University, has received the Merit Award of the Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation (CASC). The award is presented to individuals who have demonstrated significant contributions to teaching and research on co-operatives, both in Canada and internationally. McMurtry was […]

York University to host prestigious philosophy conference

The 47th annual meeting of The Society for Exact Philosophy (SEP) is taking place at York University from May 17 to May 19, 2019. The conference is expected to attract scholars and academic philosophers from across the globe. This year’s meeting boasts an impressive list of speakers including Professor Joan Weiner of the University of […]

Intrepid historian spurs ‘electrifying’ discovery in Canterbury Cathedral

To historians of religion and art, England’s Canterbury Cathedral is one of the world’s most significant medieval buildings. Dedicated to St. Augustine (sent by Pope Gregory the Great to the pagan Kingdom of Kent in 597 AD), it became a major pilgrimage site following the martyrdom of Britain’s most important saint, Thomas Becket, in 1170 […]

York University’s research leaders celebrated on April 15 at special event

Research leaders at York University were recognized at the annual Research Celebration event held April 15 in the Second Student Centre on the Keele Campus. Hosted by York President and Vice-Chancellor Rhonda L. Lenton and the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation, the celebration paid tribute to the 2018 research leaders. The research leaders […]

York geography student brings fiery research to SSHRC Storytellers Competition

  It is one thing to conduct cutting-edge research; it is another to communicate that research to the world. After presenting his research in just three minutes, York University geography PhD candidate Colin Sutherland has been named a 2019 top 25 finalist for the SSHRC Storytellers Competition. An initiative of the Government of Canada’s Social […]

In the mind’s eye: YRC reinvigorates age-old philosophical puzzle

  How do we know what’s real? Simply put, we see it, and know it to be real. But sometimes we see it in our mind’s eye. Mental representation, or mental imagery, in the philosophy of the mind is an internal cognitive symbol that represents external reality. This way, we can easily recall what a […]